I don’t think I’ll stay here long – Yaroslava Krutova & Jana Romanova

I Don’t Think I’ll Stay Here Long tells the stories of women who fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion in February 2022 and are currently hosted by families across the Netherlands. In a three-channel installation, actress Ewa (Yarasolva Krutova) performs a series of monologues on behalf of these women, detailing their efforts to find common ground and learn how to live alongside strangers in spite of their cultural differences. The project brings together complex narratives about loneliness and togetherness; kindness and cultural clichés; humour and sorrow; but also the hope to call a place home again.